Same sex parenting, your thoughts?

As for you, I no longer care to reply anymore. If you think I'm bad then fair enough. In other areas of the world people get killed/exiled for being homosexual, and my thoughts aren't that extreme. End of our discussion.

I just wrote a proper reply but stupid net deleted it

So here it is, shorter. I'm undecided so I don't have a strong opinion on this.

Butttt, maybe there is a reason why only men and women can make babies and not same sex couples which suggests it is unnatural. Having said that, I don't think anyone should have their right to being a parent taken away from them. (Unless they are scum of the earth )

I dunno, I guess there are pros and cons either way.

What bias??

I think, the only real issues that may come up would be the obvious stigma that will follow that child...and also there may be the potential for that child to become alienated against the opposite sex due to the inherant bias of the parents

We can take this more generally:

- I don't agree with homosexual marriages.
- I don't agree with homosexuality ON THE WHOLE. But that doesn't make me necessarily homophobic?

If I agee'd with it I'd be gay or bi-sexual.

But say by good chance the children are straight, they're not going to have any foundation on what a heterosexual relationship can be like. For example how to treat a girl, and be cautious when she's upset, and charm her.

That's a silly comparison cause i'm not saying I can't stand to be in the same room as a homosexual. And in response to your last point, I don't believe homosexuality is natural, therefore I wouldn't want my siblings raised in such an unnatural environment. Hope that clears things up.

That's a silly comparison cause i'm not saying I can't stand to be in the same room as a homosexual. And in response to your last point, I don't believe homosexuality is natural, therefore I wouldn't want my siblings raised in such an unnatural environment. Hope that clears things up.

Wouldn't the child be encouraged to be homosexual, if they were raised by homosexual parents?

I always thought sexuality was partly based on genetics and your environment, so surely it would have some effect?

I don't believe there's anything wrong with being gay either, but it has many disadvantages over being straight. I'm bi but "choose" to be straight, because it's more acceptable and you can have your own children and lead a more normal family life. Again, I'm not saying a same-sex couple couldn't do this.. but it's just different =/

I've met gay men and women who hate the opposite sex...if they were able to raise children, they could pass on their dislike onto that child, intentional or not

I've met gay men and women who hate the opposite sex...if they were able to raise children, they could pass on their dislike onto that child, intentional or not

You can't 'encourage' someone to be gay. That implies it's a choice and you're actively trying to make them so.

Anyhow, if there are environmental factors, it's clearly not to do with being raised by gay parents, is it? Since the majority (i.e. almost all) of gay people have perfectly heterosexual parents.

Don't forget environment also includes foetal environment for example (can't remember where I read it but I read it somewhere that it could well be to do with hormones you're exposed to in the womb). It's more likely to be more concrete factors like that rather than how your parents bring you up.

You cannot be serious?! I don't believe you...

I live in a straight world, i have straight friends, straight family, straight people i work with, straight teachers... straight everyone in comparison to the amount of gay people i know!

Why would i hate these people??? Why would anyone hate these people??? It's just not worth it, or possible! So to suggest that people would pass this on to their children is laughable! When for example, even if a child may have gay parents, they would still have many female aunts, grandmothers, cousins etc in their lives...

Personally I think its bad enough your gay, fair enough off your choice of life style, BUT to raise kids in an environment where they would believe that to be the norm is just wrong...

I'm not saying there is complete stability in heterosexual parenting, but blah...

What's your thoughts?

i couldn't care less if my parents were a gay couple. i really don't see an issue with it

And even if it wasn't, neither are televisions, microwaves, fridges or polyester. I'm still waiting for a better argument. :/

Okay, so do you ban processed foods, television, anything electronic? You realise these things are... unnatural.

No, even gays can tell when they first have those unnatural urges that what they feel/do is not entirely right.

If it was natural for same sex genders to have kids they would have kids NATURALLY. And the MAJORITY of the world would be homosexual.

Thankfully its not.